One of the biggest incentives of buying an iPhone is all of the extra tools it can be utilized as. Who knew about a decade ago that we’d all carry around mini computers with the ability to snap pictures, store data and browse the internet with. The iPhone can do some truly amazing things. However,

Stone Skipper couldn’t get much simpler: Find out how many times you can get a rock to skip across the surface of a pond, river or other body of water. In developer Burnley Media’s game, you assume the role of Max, who along with his faithful dog, Andy, spend the day skipping stones. Max has three tries to skip a stone across a stretch of still water. The harder Max flicks his wrist or flings his arm, the greater the distance and number of times the stone skips. Aside from Stone Skipper’s getting progressively harder at each level, there’s little else to this game. There’s so little in fact, you would think this was a free game instead of one price tagged at $0.99. I’ve played lots of these “fling your iPhone or iPod touch” kinds of games that use the iPhone and touch’s accelerometer for game control. Bowling is a particular favorite and out of the several games the category in the App Store, in my opinion, none is in the same league as  Action Bowling from  Kronos Games . However, as much as I like Action Bowling, I only play it in the “finger flick” mode. I’m too mindful that if I’m not careful, my iPhone might get out of hand (literally), which is the main reason I tend to stay away from games that rely on my flicking wrists or flinging arms to play. The thought of bouncing my iPhone off the wall — again — or Wii-style into a giant screen TV, is too much to ponder. Been there and done that, in other words. There’s a lot of the same in Stone Skipper . Like I said, it’s simple. Flick or fling rocks across lakes and rivers. Too simple in fact to be entertaining for more than a few minutes or for as long as you manage to hold onto your iPhone or iPod touch. In the plus column: The graphics are cartoon-y but skillfully done and the soundtrack is infectious. rating: 7/10 app_name: Stone Skipper © AppCraver , 2009. | Stone Skipper Is Simple-Minded Fun | Get our iPhone Reviews on Facebook & Twitter !

Sure, iPhone users can technically still use Google Voice apps such as GV Mobile, but those being able to use them are limited to those who are willing to jailbreak and as much as I would like to think otherwise, that number is not really that large. But in terms of Google Voice and the iPhone,

Just in case you ever felt the need or desire to be able to perform a quick background check while out and about, the good news is that there is now an app for that. The recently released app is simply called Background Check App and just like that name implies, it will let the user

The elusive Sean Kovacs has recently offered up a new post over on his SeanKovacs.com blog alerting us that a new version of GV Mobile is in the works. Nothing has been given in terms of a release date, but that aside there was some good news included in that post. To begin with, is seems

For me, the best free iPhone app in the Apple App Store would have to be the Dragon Dictation iPhone app . The Dragon Dictation iPhone app allows you to speak in to your iPhone and have your speech converted to text. Your text can then be sent as a text message, E-mail, or pasted in to another iPhone application using the clipboard. Pros: Converts your speech to text very accurately Offers suggestions for text that wasn’t converted from speech to text properly Saves you a lot of time Cons: There is a 30 second time limit for dictation, but you can keep adding more text after every 30 seconds Requires you to have an Internet connection Doesn’t work well in noisy environments I’ve been using the Dragon Dictation iPhone app for about a week now and have found it really helpful. I still type with my keyboard sometimes but whenever I  need to type an e-mail using this app saves me a lot of time. It really surprised me how accurate this iPhone app was. Check it out by clicking the download link below! Let us know how it works for you. Related Posts CoPilot ® Live ™ v8 for iPhone Gets another Free Update AT&T Reveals iPhone Plan for People with Disabilities 5-row Jailbreak app makes typing in iPhone easier

Tel Aviv, Israel – Dec 24, 2009 – TikTakPro , iPhone app developers, is announcing the launch of ‘HandsUp’ , an Augmented Reality fun shooting app for iPhone 3G. HandsUp is a draw & shoot game with no preparations required except for an intention and a target, resulting in a screen-shot of the shot target that can be saved and delivered. A variety of weapons elicits creativity. Skillful shooting combined with a great idea turns into hilarious personal messages. The game can be played by a single player or any number of additional players competing for fun and the wildest shot. Once a picture is shot it can be saved or delivered by mail. The saved screenshot can be uploaded to any of the player’s favorite sharing interfaces. It can be shot again and again by the same or different weapons continuously, processing the picture. The game uses Augmented Reality technology and meets real-time photography with pre-computed images and the ability to select the final size of the shooting mark. “HandsUp was developed as a fun shooting app, combing action, photography, graphics and great sounds for a complete user experience,” say TikTakPro representatives, “it’s a great pastime for both adults and kids and it’s limits are the limits of your imagination. It’s all about fun, action and creativity.” Play: Pull up HandsUp on the iPhone and it’s ready to shoot. You can change the default weapon into another and select the size of the final shooting mark. Select a target, aim and shoot. The screen-shot will appear with a small menu asking the user for the next action. The picture can be deleted, saved or sent by mail. The saved picture can be uploaded to any of your favorite sharing interfaces on the web for even greater fun. The convenient price of the application is $0.99 and TikTakPro intends to augment the fun via various tasks, competitions and games over the net – coming soon, keep an eye on their websites. HandsUp: Appstore , website . Two or more players can turn the game into real action and compete, setting their own set of rules.

The holiday season is upon us and if you have company in town you know just how hectic it can be to feed everyone. So you can take the easy way out and go to a restaurant. The only problem is you have to go to a nice, sit-down place or everyone will think you’re

How long would it take to sing “ A Trillion Bottles of Beer on the Wall “???  This hilarious entertainment app will sing “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall” starting at any number up to one vigintillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000), and will tell you how long it would take to sing it . Just listen or sing along – you and your friends will crack up listening to the absurd countdown! Test your friends! Start at a high number and see how long they think it would take – the answer probably isn’t what you think! Learn about large numbers: what do you call the number that has a 10 followed by 57 zeros? Non-adult, great for kids! Remember singing this song as a child? Keep your kids entertained on long trips, as they discover the arithmetic of large numbers and exponents.  Who knows, they may develop a love for math!  This app is appropriate for children, and there are no references to the drinking or pouring of beer or alcohol. Oh, and make sure you don’t knock over one of the bottles! Available in the App Store Now! App name: Beer 99 Bottles Price: $0.99 Website: http://michaeljlee.home.comcast.net/99bottles Company: Michael J. Lee

In my almost standard morning ritual of hitting that “Check for Updates” link in the applications section of iTunes, I was greeted with a nice surprise this time. The Evernote app has been updated. This update has brought the version up to 3.2.0 and with that comes quite a few new features. And as a Premium